What would you say is a must have in an HD DVD collection?

Lee Stewart · 09-04-2009, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by sawzalot

Yes exactly , in writing, well I'm not writing a book here I am posting words exactly as I said them straight from the lip, chatting if you will and I said "an HDTV" as It was intended by the sound that follows a/an /the.

But we are posting on a forum meaning we are writing.

JMS · 09-05-2009, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeRox

My dialect lets me say an HDTV

as I'm Yorkshire and the dialect tends to omit H from the start of any word sounds.

So for "HDTV" you actually say "...DTV"?

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Originally Posted by MikeRox

However correct English for writing it would be a HDTV.

So saying it one way and writing it another is correct? I don't think so.

This is from a UK site:

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Using a or an before an abbreviation
There are two schools of thought on this subject: "vocalisation of the abbreviation" and "vocalisation of the first word".

Abbreviation verbalised
By this rule, if the abbreviation starts with a vowel-sounding letter, the article used is "an"; if it starts with a consonant-sounding letter, it takes an "a". This would give "an NHS hospital" and "a BBC documentary".

vowel-sounding letters (take "an"):A E F H I L M N O R S X

consonant-sounding letters (take "a"):B C D G J K P Q T U V W Y Z

Note: H is pronounced "aitch"!

Word verbalised
By this method, the first letter of the first word as it is read out determines whether "a" or "an" is used. Here we would have "a NHS hospital" ("a National Health Service hospital"), or "an UV lamp" ("an ultraviolet lamp").

The second method can look and read quite awkwardly but is just about acceptable as long as the style is used consistently, or where abbreviations are commonly fleshed out in the head and in speech. Since the first method reads more naturally in the head, it's easy to slip into it when the second style is supposedly being observed. The first method is by far the more popular.

Acronyms
An acronym is an abbreviation that is read out like a word, such as NASA, OPEC, NATO, etc. So here we would always have "a NASA spacecraft", etc.

http://www.gpuss.co.uk/english_usage/a_or_an.htm

So if you always say or write "High Definition Television" instead of "HDTV" then "a" is appropriate. If you say or write "H - D - T - V", then "an" before the H is correct. As this link states, the opposite is "awkward" but is OK as long as one is consistent. And the first method is "by far the most popular."

sawzalot · 09-05-2009, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

But we are posting on a forum meaning we are writing.

You just want to have the last word on this, so be it.I am not writing if you want to be so technical I am actually typing, and one step further it looks as though I am printing.

Lee Stewart · 09-05-2009, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by sawzalot

You just want to have the last word on this, so be it.I am not writing if you want to be so technical I am actually typing, and one step further it looks as though I am printing.

I don't know about you - but I am reading words on a "page" (post) with my eyes.

I don't hear any words with my ears.

sawzalot · 09-05-2009, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

I don't know about you - but I am reading words on a "page" (post) with my eyes.

I don't hear any words with my ears.

I surrender, you win

susan12 · 10-15-2009, 03:02 AM

I will go for following

Top Gun
The Lake House
Star Trek season 1
Torchwood season1
Bourne Trilogy
Transformers
Blade Runner
Harry Potter all
Pride and Prejudice
Planet Earth
The Thing

II SAL II · 10-15-2009, 04:05 PM

The Matrix Trilogy. very good price and nice quality

Lee Stewart · 10-16-2009, 08:56 AM

What would you say is a must have in an HD DVD collection?

For sheer eye candy - a show off disc to visitors:

Baraka

There is no story so it's not like you know what is going to happen and get bored. All it is is a collage of images - different places around the world with background music - like Koyaskonssi (sp ck)

Baraka was filmed in 65mm (I saw it in NY opening night) and is scanned at 8K to produce the BD transfer.

IMO - after a while we become numb to the quality of HD. We expect it so we see when image quality fall below our line of acceptance. And it is not often we we see images that are ground breaking in quality. . .

And we wonder what the next step after HD is going to look like.

sawzalot · 10-16-2009, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

What would you say is a must have in an HD DVD collection?

For sheer eye candy - a show off disc to visitors:

Baraka

There is no story so it's not like you know what is going to happen and get bored. All it is is a collage of images - different places around the world with background music - like Koyaskonssi (sp ck)

Baraka was filmed in 65mm (I saw it in NY opening night) and is scanned at 8K to produce the BD transfer.

IMO - after a while we become numb to the quality of HD. We expect it so we see when image quality fall below our line of acceptance. And it is not often we we see images that are ground breaking in quality. . .

And we wonder what the next step after HD is going to look like.

Was this film released in the HD DVD format ? I don't remember seeing it.

Lee Stewart · 10-16-2009, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by sawzalot

Was this film released in the HD DVD format ? I don't remember seeing it.

No - it's a BD release.

Oh wait!

Oops!

Gazery · 10-30-2009, 06:05 AM

Just got the Heroes (first season) on HD DVD

Among the other good ones I have:
The Mumy
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Planet Earth
The Interpreter
Meet Joe Black

**bruceames** · 10-31-2009, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Gazery

Just got the Heroes (first season) on HD DVD

Among the other good ones I have:
The Mumy
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Planet Earth
The Interpreter
Meet Joe Black

Heroes looks very good on HD DVD. You can clearly see the skin pores on people's faces. It's one of the most highly detailed titles I own.

BTW, welcome to the forum!

MikeRox · 11-03-2009, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by JMS

So for "HDTV" you actually say "...DTV"?

So saying it one way and writing it another is correct? I don't think so.

I'm not going to argue as I really don't care, however there are a lot of disagreements about correct English I can find you just as many websites (including UK national curriculum documentation) that state what I have said.

However as for "...DTV" no, I would say "aich dee tee vee" rather than "haich dee tee vee"

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Lee Stewart Behold - the future! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Albuquerque, NM Age: 58 Posts: 25,193	What would you say is a must have in an HD DVD collection? For sheer eye candy - a show off disc to visitors: Baraka There is no story so it's not like you know what is going to happen and get bored. All it is is a collage of images - different places around the world with background music - like Koyaskonssi (sp ck) Baraka was filmed in 65mm (I saw it in NY opening night) and is scanned at 8K to produce the BD transfer. IMO - after a while we become numb to the quality of HD. We expect it so we see when image quality fall below our line of acceptance. And it is not often we we see images that are ground breaking in quality. . . And we wonder what the next step after HD is going to look like.

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Gazery My plasma is High Def. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Italy Posts: 6	Just got the Heroes (first season) on HD DVD Among the other good ones I have: The Mumy Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Planet Earth The Interpreter Meet Joe Black